October 6, 2009
September 7, 2009
‘professor’ Karol Sikora and the perils of compassion.
Karol Sikora was the doctor who said Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi (an alleged terrorist), was dying, at least that was the first of many excuses used by Gordon Brown and others. The Libyans actions are not here up for discussion as it makes my head hurt.
Framed or not the deal to let the Libyan even stand trial meant everybody is rather complict in this tale.
Karol Sikora is supposed to be a cancer expert, it now seems that while lectures about cancer are given the ‘professor’ it appears that the professor is a fake.
Gordon Brown and Scotland’s ‘problem’ is that if a fake professor was used to produce humanitarian advice for the Libyans release then it calls into question everything. Was his release for oil contracts?/etc
The answer it seems that when in doubt use a fake doctor to muddy the water. I hope that Megrahi lives for a long time and humiliates the politicians for not being straight. As for the ‘faker’ well who cares.
September 2, 2009
if religious themed drama is too intelligent for tv then tv is not doomed
princess likely to come to bad end as its biblical after all
Kings (wiki) was a drama based on the tale of biblical king Saul (renamed here as Silas) who i am blissfully unaware of most of the details, David who murdered Goliath (which i know of) is also part of this tale.
The tale of kings is set in a contemporary world of tanks (think ww1) , america of the 1990’s.
The biblical morals are slightly lost and there’s a money lender and other ghosts, what is perverse is that politicians still seek the religious vote even today.
On an economics note it has a go at the divided country syndrome too – say Germany of the past, or Korea
The music is interesting, if brief, and the scope of the show is large that does not allow any small diversions. Unlike some religious utopia’s (say iran or margaret attwoods gilead from the handmaiden’s tale) the series is ambiguous on sex and is still conservative in its message and unwilling to offend.
The problem with kings is not the story but with the audience that tv thinks it needs. TV loves big viewing numbers, but in an age of multi tv channels that won’t normally happen so garbage like ‘dancing with chicken sexers’, or invent a popstar revision 9 means stuff like kings is doomed to failure.
In a way this west wing like drama captures a nightmarish world but ignores the humanity to its cost, bible freaks will say it takes too many interpretations, and i would say it is scared of offending anybody or taking a modern stand on the issues.
It has a tribute to Battlestar Galactica here in its style of shooting too, and uses some plot ideas from it as well in the governing council.
The program although only running for one season has some merit though helps illustrate the the retardness of both the modern politician and the average tv audience who can probably blame some idiot at a tv station for not advertising this or confusing its meaning with the wrong audience.
A second opinion described it as ‘wordy’, maybe it is, but theres not much leeway in something like Kings, but it sure beats dancing with chickens which most people watch.
A noble attempt 4/5 bananas.
August 6, 2009
book: Bomb, book & compass, Simon Winchester.
Is isbn: 9780670913787 and explores China’s innovation before western europe/greece took over (bc/ad). The book is an introduction to Joseph Needham who ‘rediscovered’ that period for both the Chinese and the rest of the world.
His book is ’science and civilisation in china’ and details the innovations that probably have been lost and then rediscovered in 24 volumes. The biography is a fascinating read and makes the point that discovery alone is no good unless you utilise them or inform people of them.
The subject [Needham] was a marrxist and something of a ideological plaything who however way you read it kept independent enough to rebuild his reputation via his 24 volumes.
The book although brief is worth an explore.
3/5 bananas
June 11, 2009
Catholics suck at science.
Bananas in the Falklands likes most of the work of an author called John Scalzi, (search the blog), and so it was decided to take a look at a non fiction book called ‘The rough guide to the universe’ or isbn: 1858289394.
The book published in 2003 suffers from a few faults like i don’t live in iowa for location, and the time tables are either way in the future, or in the past, but it explains to an humble chicken sexer like me the dynamics of star gazing. Science books have a duty to be heavy going an this book fails to do this and keeps it understandable.
Its sad though that the ancients (pre christianity) saw most of this stuff and documented it only for the flat earth catholics to assume the earth is the centre of everything and kill those with what we now know to be true.
June 3, 2009
May 22, 2009
Fairtrade is a minefield
great bananas, but the catholic preist raped all my children
fairtrade means a ‘fair’ price to those who produced x rather than corporation y. It’s a brand name with a ’cause’.
All kinds of ‘ethical’ can now be bought, but what is galling is when the churches decide to get into this act
That strikes me as being evil, ‘ethical’ does not mean you have to a member of a certain church to start with and the churches are beginning to sully fair trade schemes for example traidcraftshop.co.uk, how does that differ from say the original fair trade providers and who keeps any of them honest.
Whatever your views on ‘fair trade’ goods tea/coffee/chickens means just that – i do not particularly want to eat a catholic chicken, because that might be as bad with catholic priests raping the new farmers children and since they are recruit to the faith is that fair?
Fair trade has the beginnings of an image problem, when the churches get involved.
One might argue that the church is now a corporate entity and thus as evil as say the Nestle corporation is to source producers.
May 11, 2009
What ever happened to the ‘video camera this film or else’ warnings at the cinema?
Observant readers to this blog will note that a rare visit to cinema took place recently (my blog) It wil be a fairly long time before i go again as i note here (my blog). I cannot think of any film in future mainstream distribution that i want to see.
Whatever did surprise me was that i was not reminded to bring my video camera to the cinema by the film industry which for the last couple of years has been numero uno priority by the people who make and represent film makers. I’m taling about ‘fact’ and other bodies who seem to imply that if you did not bring your video camera to the cinema you where one dumb retard.
The last cinema film i saw was in January had these in, May they have gone.
This blog has quite a few funny blog enteries on cinemas both promoting recording hardware for free (my blog) in the cinema and as paper advertising material. – That is a ‘fact’*
* google f.a.c.t for a humourous joke in realtion to this
April 15, 2009
amazon.com’s ‘easter hating gays’ moment a one off, or future feature?
Amazon.com is a big shop on the internet, which for whatever faults it now has pushed bookseller from a rather stuffy / lazy profession hence the quote from them before amazon that
“PEOPLE DON’T READ BOOKS”
into a dynamic business worldwide where it appears people do.However with big comes responsibility, the word monopoly might come into a discussion, and the one click patent trolling that amazon still engage in to today mean this beast needs monitoring.
you cant buy jack at amazon easily.
Cave dwellers will not know that amazon decided that any book with a hint of a gay theme – including Captain Jack from Torchwood (my blog) lost its rating on the the amazon .com site, however if your book was soemthing like how to train fighting dogs your safe. So amazon went redneck for a bit.
so what’s the problem ? i hear some of you think.
Well – if you start delisting ‘alternative’ books how long before Harry Potter goes, or Stephanie Meyers book?s. The world does not need extra censorship, in fact censorship is bad for amazon – for this book (my blog) i could not enrich the shareholders of amazon.com.
Granted that the books i read might not be best sellers, and im not likely to read the books that amazon it appears would prefer not to sell but if the only two books allowed to be printed where the bible and how to train fighting dogs then amazon.com would not have a business.
phew amazon think asterisk the gay gaul isnt gay.
If you read the blame game now that this was a cock up by one tolerant french amazon employee caused the issue that does not ring true to me, and why it that english titles like Jack Barrowmans book got censored rather than say asterisk (seen right) then explain that one away.
In short it does not add up. However if you read about the tale of the book amazon would not sell me then you will know that ‘no’ isnt the final word yet.
Exploring the world of bookselling outside of amazon means there are much nicer websites thena amazon, be different explore. Why you should explore is that say a book deals with vampires or witchcraft and some loon complains and amazon repeat this with vampires then both as a shareholder it will help you investing and as a consumer supply you with the things you might need.
If those examples are bad try this if ‘god fearing folk’ have issues with most things, women leaders, eating pigs, sex etc then pick a book up suppose a charles dickens book has strong female character, or emily brontes books might cause womens liberation then the danger is that these retards can both damage a business and have the ability to censor everyone.
The e-book – there kindle is also a means of future censorship, suppose Jane Eyre is banned as a e-book on the kindle, then the drm does not allow any non amazom.com content loaded. You have censorship.
I’m off to purchase a copy how best to train pit bull fighting dog after all im sure they can be trained to bite and kill religous people.
March 23, 2009
Why television news isnt worth watching.
Jade Goody is a chav who got famous for being stupid and appearing on big brother (image). Unless you have been living in a cave you know that her long drawn out death was sold to the press and tv.
Quite how this idiot become numero uno story on the news is a matter of discusion. Are the audience of tv so stupid that no other news matters ? I think that is the answer.
I would applaud the aritist/come scientist who will dig her up and reanimate her aka Frankenstein/or use her a tate modern art installation and sell the rights to television.
A fitting end for my sick mind.
